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Games like Once Upon a Puppet

2025USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified82 % positive24.99 €

A side-scrolling puzzle platformer set in a storybook-like fantasy world, centered on puzzles and jumping sections. Little detail is available, so this rating is conservative.

Jumping and platforming
Puzzles and brain teasers
Fantasy setting
Distinctive, stylised art style

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In short: Games like Once Upon a Puppet

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Once Upon a Puppet special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Degrees of Separation

89 %Match

2019USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified79 % positive19.99 €

A cooperative puzzle platformer where the warm Ember and the cold Rime combine opposing temperature powers to overcome obstacles. Its fairytale love story and painterly world make for a gentle experience, especially with a partner.

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Munin

Fantasy setting

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Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

Distinctive, stylised art style

A puzzle platformer where you switch between Emma in a top-down view and her teddy bear Fenton in a side-scrolling view. Emma's lantern casts shadows that Fenton can walk across, as the pair investigate a missing magician.

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

Lavish presentation

A fairytale 2.5D puzzle-platformer where you swap between thief, wizard and knight to solve physics-based puzzles in creative ways. Shines in co-op and features a gorgeously painted fantasy world.

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Lavish presentation

A fairytale puzzle-platformer where you swap between wizard, knight and thief and solve physics-based challenges in creative ways. Its move into full 3D spaces and optional co-op make for a pretty, laid-back adventure, though it is shorter than its predecessors.